In the history of aviation, there has never once been a single totally successful integration of one pilot group into another during a buy-out, take-over or similar event. You can search the annals of history and I challenge any pilot to find a single case where all the pilots got all they wanted. Within that limitation, there have been some considerably more successful integrations than others. I am not affected by these 2 companies coming together, but I have considerable sympathy for the union negotiators who had to make it all work. Reading the terms of the deal, there will be winners and losers, but all the key protections are in place for every single pilot. In a seniority-based system, and I totally believe in seniority, then this is about as good as it gets.